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Donald Elmore MacDonald and May Maude Dawson married on 14 May 1946 at Big Bras d'Or, Victoria County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 137549

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  137549

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Victoria

  City, Town or Village Big Bras d'Or

  Street or Road United Church Manse


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full MacDonald, Donald Elmore

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Engineer   4. Kind of industry or business Railroad

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 32   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 1 Concord St., Glace Bay

11. Place of birth Glace Bay

12. Name of father John E. MacDonald

13. Maiden name of mother Catherine MacKinnon

14. Birthplace Father Bridgeport   Mother Sydney


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Dawson, May Maude

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Domestic   17. Kind of industry or business Household duties

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 25   20. Religious denomination Baptist

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 19 Bruce St., Glace Bay

24. Place of birth New Glasgow

25. Name of father Walker W. Dawson

26. Maiden name of mother Christine C. MacDonald

27. Birthplace Father England   Mother Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA


28. Date of marriage May 14 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 81085


32. Signature of

Groom Donald Elmore MacDonald

Bride   May Maude Dawson

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Jennie MacDonald

Address   Boularderie East

Name Mary A. Fraser

Address   Big Bras d'Or

I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Officiating Clergyman James Fraser

Address Big Bras d'Or

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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